v15-0002-Use-fasthash-for-dynahash-s-default-string-hash.patch

From 54ef850a0bb909b242ec553b3ea84853611ec233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Naylor <john.naylor@postgresql.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:04:16 +0700
Subject: [PATCH v15 2/4] Use fasthash for dynahash's default string hash

This avoids strlen calls. string_hash is kept around in case
extensions are using it.
---
 src/backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 src/common/hashfn.c               |  3 +-
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c b/src/backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c
index a4152080b5..92c7989575 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "common/hashfn.h"
+#include "common/hashfn_unstable.h"
 #include "port/pg_bitutils.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
 #include "storage/spin.h"
@@ -307,6 +308,45 @@ string_compare(const char *key1, const char *key2, Size keysize)
 	return strncmp(key1, key2, keysize - 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * default_string_hash: hash function for keys that are NUL-terminated strings.
+ *
+ * NOTE: this is the default hash function if none is specified.
+ */
+static uint32
+default_string_hash(const void *key, Size keysize)
+{
+	const char *k = (const char *) key;
+	Size		s_len = 0;
+	fasthash_state hs;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the string exceeds keysize-1 bytes, we want to hash only that many,
+	 * because when it is copied into the hash table it will be truncated at
+	 * that length.
+	 */
+
+	fasthash_init(&hs, 0);
+
+	while (*k && s_len < keysize - 1)
+	{
+		int			chunk_len = 0;
+
+		while (k[chunk_len] != '\0' &&
+			   s_len < keysize - 1 &&
+			   chunk_len < FH_SIZEOF_ACCUM)
+		{
+			chunk_len++;
+			s_len++;
+		}
+
+		fasthash_accum(&hs, k, chunk_len);
+		k += chunk_len;
+	}
+
+	return fasthash_final32(&hs, s_len);
+}
+
 
 /************************** CREATE ROUTINES **********************/
 
@@ -418,8 +458,8 @@ hash_create(const char *tabname, long nelem, const HASHCTL *info, int flags)
 	else
 	{
 		/*
-		 * string_hash used to be considered the default hash method, and in a
-		 * non-assert build it effectively still is.  But we now consider it
+		 * string_hash used to be considered the default hash method, and
+		 * it effectively still was until version 17.  Since version 14 we consider it
 		 * an assertion error to not say HASH_STRINGS explicitly.  To help
 		 * catch mistaken usage of HASH_STRINGS, we also insist on a
 		 * reasonably long string length: if the keysize is only 4 or 8 bytes,
@@ -428,12 +468,12 @@ hash_create(const char *tabname, long nelem, const HASHCTL *info, int flags)
 		Assert(flags & HASH_STRINGS);
 		Assert(info->keysize > 8);
 
-		hashp->hash = string_hash;
+		hashp->hash = default_string_hash;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If you don't specify a match function, it defaults to string_compare if
-	 * you used string_hash, and to memcmp otherwise.
+	 * you used default_string_hash, and to memcmp otherwise.
 	 *
 	 * Note: explicitly specifying string_hash is deprecated, because this
 	 * might not work for callers in loadable modules on some platforms due to
@@ -442,7 +482,7 @@ hash_create(const char *tabname, long nelem, const HASHCTL *info, int flags)
 	 */
 	if (flags & HASH_COMPARE)
 		hashp->match = info->match;
-	else if (hashp->hash == string_hash)
+	else if (hashp->hash == default_string_hash)
 		hashp->match = (HashCompareFunc) string_compare;
 	else
 		hashp->match = memcmp;
@@ -452,7 +492,7 @@ hash_create(const char *tabname, long nelem, const HASHCTL *info, int flags)
 	 */
 	if (flags & HASH_KEYCOPY)
 		hashp->keycopy = info->keycopy;
-	else if (hashp->hash == string_hash)
+	else if (hashp->hash == default_string_hash)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * The signature of keycopy is meant for memcpy(), which returns
diff --git a/src/common/hashfn.c b/src/common/hashfn.c
index 4db468cf85..3090b3cbd9 100644
--- a/src/common/hashfn.c
+++ b/src/common/hashfn.c
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ hash_bytes_uint32_extended(uint32 k, uint64 seed)
 /*
  * string_hash: hash function for keys that are NUL-terminated strings.
  *
- * NOTE: this is the default hash function if none is specified.
+ * NOTE: this was the default string hash for dynahash until vesion 17,
+ * and is now here only for backward compatibility.
  */
 uint32
 string_hash(const void *key, Size keysize)
-- 
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